Tip for billiard cues



Aug. 12 1924.

T, H. PROSSER TIP FOR BILLIARD CUES Filed Sent. 12, 1922 Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES THOMAS H. rnossna, or TAT'URA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

TIP FOR BILLIARD CUES.

Application filed September 12, 1922. Serial No. 587,751.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY Pnos- SER, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of the post town of Tatura, in the shire of Rodney, parish of Toolamba West, in the county of Rodney, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia (whose post-office address is Tatura, in the said shire of Rodney), have invented a certain new and useful Improved Tip for Billiard Cues, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to the leather or like tips of billiard cues which, in accordance with present custom, are attached to the cue end by merely gluing or adhering the inner face of the circular tip thereto.

A serious objection to such mode of attachment is the fact that the tip easily becomes detached from the cue or moved sidewardly I thereon so that in the latter case the tip is disposed out of center and the cue is rendered defective.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved billiard cue tip having special means of attachment to the cue whereby the tip is maintained securely in its proper central position thereon and splintering or spreading of the cue end is prevented. The invention is simple and inexpensive in construction and may bereadily applied to the cue.

Referring to the drawings which form part of this specification Figure 1 shows, in its initial stage of manufacture, a fastening tongue used in accordance with the invention.

I Figure 2 shows the fastening tongue in a second stage of manufacture.

Figure 3 is aview of an intermediate disc used in accordance with the invention.

Figure I shows an inner or base disc adapted to adjoin the disc seen in Figure 3. Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the fastening tongueof Figure 2 attached to the disc seen in Figure 3.

Figure 6 shows the inner and intermediate discs and the fastening tongue assem bled.

I Figure 7 is a sectional view of the complete improved tip.

, Figure 8 is a part sectional view showing the improved tip attached to the cue end.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a centering disc which may .be employed in conjunction with the invention.

Figure 10 illustrates on a reduced scale a suitable tool for forming the necessary longitudinal slit in the end of the cue for attaching the improved tip.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the fastening tongue in course of manufacture. This tongue is preferably formed from a flat sheet metal strip which is intermediately folded back upon itself to form a pair of legs 2 connected by a return bend 3 which forms the point of the tongue. The root of the tongue is bent to form outturned portions or shoulders i whilst the adjoining end portions or prongs 6 of the strip' are adapted to pass through an intermediate disc hereinafter described.

After the fiat metal strip has been bent as in Figure 1 the legs 2 arepressed together as in Figure 2 to form the stem of the tongue after which said legs are preferably dipped in solder to more securely retain them together and reinforce the stem.

In combination with the aforesaid fastening tongueI employ an intermediate disc 7 of hardened leather, wood, fibre or other suitable material this disc being provided with two elongated openings or incisions 8 spaced apart at a distance approximately equal to the distance between the end portions or prongs 6 of the tongue as seen in Figure 2. j

The intermediate disc 7 is adapted to adjoin an inner or base disc 9 of corresponding size and of the same or similar material. This inner disc is providedwith a central elongated opening or incision 11 which is somewhat wider than the incisions 8 in order to accommodate that portion of the tongue formed by the duplex legs 2.

In assembling the improved tip the prongs 6 of the'tongue seen in Figure 2 are passed through the incisions 8 of the inter mediate disc 7 and turned inwardly towards each other on the upper or outer surface of the disc as indicated at 12 in Figure 5 the fastening tongue being thus securely fixed to the intermediate disc.

The stem portion 2 of the tongue is now passed through the incision or opening 11 in the inner or base disc 9 and after inserting a layer of glue or like'adhesive material 13 between them the inner and intermediate discs are pressed together as seen [in Figure 6 and thus firmly united by the adhesive.

The discs 7 and 9 with the fastening striking surface 16 of the tip.

It will moreover be evident that the root portion of the tongue is firmly embedded in the tip of which the tongue forms a permanent part. V 7

To attach the improved tip to the end of the billiard one 18 the center of the cue may be located by means of a centering disc 19 having a central hole 21 so that by placing the disc 19 concentrically on the cue end and passing pin'or the like through the hole 21 the center of the one end may be readily found. The disc 19, which is used only for thiscentering purpose, is then removed and by forcing'the fiat chisel-like blade 22 of a suitable piercing tool 23 or other suitable device into the center of the cue end a longitudinal 'slit or hole 2% of suitable shape to take the stem of 'the tongue is formed. A suitable adhesive is then applied to the end face-of the tip or the inner face of the base disc 9 and after inserting the tongue into the hole 13 the tip is pressed tightly against the-cue end as in Figure 8.

It will beievident from the foregoing that the tip is held'securely in its proper central position on the cue end and is effectively prevented from turning owing to the fiat nature of the fastening tongue within the slit 24-. The improved tip is very easily applied and may be renewed when desired bywithdrawing the tongue from the slit 24 andattaching the new tip.

Having now described my invention what I-claim and desire to secure "by Letters Patent is 1, An improved tip for billiard cues comprising in combination an inner disc having a central elongated opening therein, an intermediatedisc secured to the outer face of said inner'disc and havingtwo spaced elongated openings or incisions, a fastening tongue projecting from said inner disc and having its root portion passing through said openings of the inner and intermediat'e discs and extending sidewardly between the two latter discs and an outer disc secured to the outer face of said intermediate 'disc'substantially as described.

' 2. An improved tip for billiard cues comprising in combination an inner disc having. a central opening therein, an intermediate disc secured tosaid' inner disc and having two spaced incisions, a fastening tongue projecting "longitudinally from said inner disc said fastening tongue bein formed of an intermediately bent flat metal strip which passes first through said opening of the inner disc then sidewardly between the inner and intermediate discs and thence through the spaced openings of the intern'iediate disc and an outer disc secured to said intermediate disc on the side thereof opposite the projecting tongue substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. An improved tip for billiardcues comprising in combination an inner disc having a central opening therein, an intermediate disc. secured to said inner disc and having two spaced openings or incisions 'mediate discs and prongs passing throu h thcspa'ced openingso't' the intermediate disc the end portions of the prongs being turned inwa dly towards each other on the outer face of the intermediate disc, and an outer disc secured to said outer face of the intermediate disc substantially as described.

4:. A tip holder for billiard cues, comprising a fasteningtongue of greater width than thickness, having its terminal formed in spacedsectionsa discthrough which said spaced sections are projected, and onto which the ends of such sections are folded, and a retaining disc embracing that portion of the tongue inwardly of the spaced sections and bearing against the first mentioned disc to prevent the separation ofthe tongue therefrom.

5. A tipholder for billiard cues, comprising a. fastening tongue of greater width than thickness, having itsterminal formed in spaced sections, a disc through which said spaced sections areprojected and onto which the ends of such sections are folded, and a retaining disc embracing that portion of the tongue inwardly of the spaced sections and bearing against the first mentioned disc to prevent the separation of the tongue therefrom, said tongue projecting in flat formation betweensaid second disc to cooperate with the billiard cue.

6. A tip for billiard cues, comprising an intermediate disc, an inner disc, and an outer disc tip, all of said discs being secured together, in combination with a fastening tongue having a projecting portion of greater width than thickness extending inwardly of the inner disc, and a securing portion passing through the intermediate disc with lateral portions confined between the intermediate and inner disc and lateral port-ions confined between the intermediate and outer disc.

7. A member to receive a cue tip and providing the connection between said. tip and the cue, comprising a disc, a metallic fastener having a flat portion of greater Width than thickness, and a securing head presenting lateral portions to bear against the bottom of the disc, parallel portions to extend through the disc, and terminals to be turned down onto the top of the disc, and an inner disc secured to the first mentioned disc and embracing the flat portion of the fastener and bearing against and confining the lateral portions of said fastener against the first mentioned disc.

8. A means for securing billiard cue tips to cues, comprising an upper disc formed with spaced parallel slots, a lower disc formed with a single slot, and a fastening member having a fiat tongue adapted to pass through the single slot in the lower disc, and spaced prongs adapted to pass through the parallel slots in the upper disc, said prongs being turned down upon the outer surface of the upper disc.

9. A means for securing billiard cue tips to cues, comprisin an upper disc formed with spaced parallel slots, a lower disc formed with a single slot, and a fastening member having a flat tongue adapted to pass through the single slot in the lower disc, and spaced prongs adapted to pass through the parallel slots in the upper disc, said prongs being turned down upon the outer surface of the upper disc, and said discs being cemented together to confine the fastening member in fixed relation to both discs.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THOMAS H. PROSSER.

Vitness T. PROSSER. 

